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Fred Hood '02 does an excellent job of playing off of Berenger's hysteria as Dudard, his forgivingly intellectual coworker. Other strong points are Botard, the hilarious proletarian nincompoop played by Danny Yavuzkurt '02 and Cary McClelland's '02 Logician who though sometimes a little overbearing holds up his end of the show...
...along with him. They aren't, for Barend fails to communicate; his delivery is slurred and his funny lines dribble out like sap from a rubber tree. He plays a weak foil to a fine supporting cast, and is nearly forgotten in his scenes with Jean, Daisy, and M. Dudard (James Beard). Barend even spoils Ionesco's counterpoint in the first act, where lines, roles, and arguments flow from one character to another in a masterpiece of confusion...
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